BET Meeting Minutes

August 13, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Kristen Williams

 

Theme: n/a

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Kristen Williams

Toastmaster:  Emily Thompson

Word of the Day:  Mike Costa

intrinsic-  belonging naturally; essential

Humorist:  Willy Baumgartner

 

Table Topics:  Kelli Dixon

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Kristen Williams - 1:49

2)  Chris Goldman -  1:14

3)  Jesus Mendoza - 1:12

 

Speaker(s):

1)   Rick Dixon - Motivational Strategies #1-2 Writing a Speech with Purpose  on a narrow topic (requested 5-7 min) 5:55

2)   Brittany Gentilhomme - Motivational Strategies #1-2 Writing a Speech with Purpose  on a narrow topic (requested 5-7 min) 7:17

 

General Evaluator:  Kianush Dixon

Evaluator(s):

1)   Mike Costa - 2:45

2)   Chris Goldman - 3:03

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Kristen Williams

Timer:  Cindy  Aslan

 

Club Business:

·       Minutes approved for July 30 meeting

·       Sympathy card was distributed to members for Marc

 

Members Present:  Cindy Aslan, Willy Baumgartner, Mike Costa, Brittany Gentilhomme, Kristen Williams, Kelli Dixon, Rick Dixon, Kianush Dixon, Jesus Mendoza, Chris Goldman

Virtual Attendees: Emily Thompson

Guests:  Area Director Deborah Stewart (virtual), Marcellas Stanbery

Word Users:  n/a

 

BET Meeting Minutes

July 30, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Kristen Williams

 

Theme: n/a

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Kristen Williams

Toastmaster:  Susan Martin

Word of the Day:  Willy Baumgartner

anathema -  something someone dislikes or hates

Humorist:  Bill Martin

 

Table Topics:  Cindy Aslan

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Jillian (guest) - 1:20

2)  Atoya (guest) -  1:47

3)  Liz (guest) - 1:54

4)  Mike Costa - 2:12

 

Speaker(s):

1)   John Travisano - Presentation Mastery #1-2 Writing a Speech with Purpose  (requested 5-7 min) 5:00

 

General Evaluator:  Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1)   Kristen Williams - 3:08

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Emily Thompson

Timer:  Jeong Robinson

 

 Club Business:

·       Minutes approved for July 23 meeting

 

Members Present:  Janet Schreibman, Cindy Aslan, Willy Baumgartner, Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Mike Costa, Jeong Robinson, John Travisano, Brittany Gentilhomme, Kristen Williams

 Virtual Attendees: Emily Thompson

 Guests:  Jillian, Liz, Atoya

 Word Users:  Bill, Susan, Atoya, Liz, Kristen, Emily

 

BET Meeting Minutes

July 23, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Kianush Dixon

 

Theme: Olympics

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Kianush Dixon

Toastmaster:  Mike Costa

Word of the Day:  Rick Dixon

mellifluous, adj. -  sweet or musical sounds; pleasant to hear

Humorist:  Janet Schreibman

 

Table Topics:  Willy Baumgartner

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Janet Schreibman- 2:11

2)  Chandler Telfer -  1:16

3)  Rick Dixon - 1:44

4)  Bill Martin - 1:11

 

Speaker(s):

1)   Kianush Dixon - Presentation Mastery #1-2 Writing a Speech with Purpose "What Makes a Person Likeable?" (requested 5-7 min) 7:08

2)   Tremale Delano -  International Speech Contest "An Electric Gift" (requested 5-7 min) 7:45

 

General Evaluator:  Bill Martin

Evaluator(s):

1)   Chandler Telfer - 1:45

2)   Susan Martin + attendees - 4:03

3)   n/a

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Cindy Aslan

Timer:  Kelli Dixon

 

Club Business:

• ·       Minutes approved for July 9 meeting

• ·       TLI was held Saturday, July 20, at 9am on Zoom. Four officers are required to attend. Participating from BET were Emily Thompson, Kristen Williams, Chris Goldman and Janet Schreibman

• ·       Congratulations and welcome to new member Jeong Robinson!

 Members Present:  Janet Schreibman,  Rick Dixon, Cindy Aslan, Chandler Telfer, Willy Baumgartner, Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Mike Costa, Kelli Dixon, Kianush Dixon, Jeong Robinson

 Virtual Attendees: Gayatri

 Guests:  Paige Robinson

 Word Users:  Mike, Bill, Cindy

 

BET Meeting Minutes

July 9, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Kristen Williams

 

Theme: n/a

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Kristen Williams

Toastmaster:  Kristen Williams

Word of the Day:  Becki Baumgartner

sagacious, adj. -  having or showing keen mental discernment and/or good judgment; wise or shrewd

Humorist:  John Travisano

 

Table Topics:  Rick Dixon

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  John Travisano- 1:14

2)  Jesus Mendoza -  2:02

3)  Kristen Williams - 1:37

 

Speaker(s):

1)   Willy Baumgartner - Presentation Mastery #1-1 Icebreaker (requested 4-6 min) 5:36

2)   Chandler Tefler -  Presentation Mastery #1-5 Evaluation & Feedback -2; (requested 5-7 min) 6:33

3)   Chris Goldman - Speaking to Inform #1 - The Speech to Inform; "Yoodli"  (requested 5-7 min) 9:43

 

General Evaluator:  Emily Thompson

Evaluator(s):

1)   Mike Costa - 3:20

2)   Janet Schreibman - 4:03

3)   n/a

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Jesus Mendoza

Timer:  Cindy Aslan

 

Club Business:

• ·       Minutes approved for June 25 meeting

• ·       TLI will be Saturday, July 20, at 9am on Zoom. Four officers required to attend. Register on the D63 website

 

Members Present:  Janet Schreibman,  Jesus Mendoza, Becki Baumgartner, Chris Goldman, Rick Dixon, Cindy Aslan, Kristen Williams, Chandler Telfer, Willy Baumgartner, John Travisano, Mike Costa

 Virtual Attendees: Emily Thompson

 Guests:  Jeong Robinson, Megan

 Word Users:  Kristen, Rick